Peter Chapman

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Ipswich Floods
CommunityFeatured Ipswich News

Local pensioners crippled by exhorbitant insurance hikes

WHEN it came time for Goodna couple, Sandra and Russell Pope, to…

Peter Chapman
Peter Chapman
PREMIUMS RISE: Trying to renew your home insurance for many Goodna residents is now out of reach.
A Common ManCommunityFeatured Ipswich News

Life just got much tougher

A BIG over-friendly rescue greyhound greeted me when I walked up to…

Peter Chapman
Peter Chapman
LONG HAUL: It will take 18 years to pay off the current council debt of $403m.
CommunityFeatured Ipswich News

Council’s debt will stay with us until 2041

ON June 28 Local Ipswich News went to its front page to…

Peter Chapman
Peter Chapman
AT WAR: Was Mayor Teresa Harding the driving force behind the story on Channel Nine last week condemning former long-time councillor David Pahlke for making an innocuous hand gesture when she was totally out voted 1-8 in the council chamber?
A Common ManFeatured Ipswich News

Backyard squabble not national news

IPSWICH Council is loaded to the hilt with seasoned marketing and media…

Peter Chapman
Peter Chapman
The Kimberley region in luxury
Travel

The Kimberley region in luxury

The Kimberley region in the northern-most part of Western Australia is arguably…

Peter Chapman
Peter Chapman
WRECK: The Commercial Hotel has stood on the same Ipswich site since 1916, but its days are now numbered.
CommunityFeatured Ipswich News

Heritage pub ready to collapse

THERE is no doubt about it, the Commercial Hotel sitting next door…

Peter Chapman
Peter Chapman
BAD MEDICINE: Chemists aren’t happy that people can now get two month’s worth of medicines.
A Common ManFeatured Ipswich News

Chemists accused of scare campaign

THE decision by the Federal Govt to allow the dispensing of two…

Peter Chapman
Peter Chapman
Chasing the sun in Far North Queensland.
Travel

Queensland tourism mecca

THE latest Tourism Research Australia data has confirmed Queensland is booming as…

Peter Chapman
Peter Chapman
WATCH OUT: Don’t spend more than three hours in the Coles CBD carpark. A private company is circling trying to catch you out.
A Common ManCommunity

Beware our CBD holds some new hidden traps

I CALLED into Coles the other day in the CBD. As I…

Peter Chapman
Peter Chapman
BUDGET SELL: Mayor Harding fronts the press to promote the latest budget.
Featured Ipswich NewsIpswich City Council Budget 2023

Ipswich Now $403,000,000 In Debt

IPSWICH Council has stunningly divulged it is more than $403m in debt…

Peter Chapman
Peter Chapman